883 articles on "government"

Middle East Peace Is An Oxymoron

The phrase Middle East and the word peace are so contradictory that when put together they become an oxymoron. An oxymoron, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combin...

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Nuclear Energy - The Green Solution

The United States with less than 5% of the world's population consumes roughly 25% of the world's energy. Some might argue that this is egregious, while others would say that it is simply a yardstick by which the world's largest econom...

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The President Obama Complaining, "They Talk About Me Like A Dog"

"Wag the Dog" is a euphemism for when a politician in trouble wages a war or does some other diversion to get the heat off his back. President Obama, it appears to me, is doing a "Wag the Mosque" as a smokescreen for a tanking deflation economy durin...

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Public Procurement and Very Private Benefits

ic Procurement and Very Private Benefits by: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. In every national budget, there is a part called "Public Procurement". This is the portion of the budget allocated to purchasing services and goods for the various ministries, author...

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Amendment One Vote NO

We’ve heard the made up speeches “we’ll Stop Nafta,Create Jobs, Cut Taxes, Balance the Budget,Reduce Drug Costs, cut insurance costs, fix Social Security and Work for the Taxpayers"! Yeah, right!What they fail to tell you is all the monies take...

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National Debt Relief

Sensational rhetoric resounds, "We must raise the debt ceiling or face bankruptcy." The underlying message to this all but foregone conclusion is that the full faith, trust and confidence of the U.S. Government, and by implication the citizens of the...

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Bad Laws Behaving Badly

One of the biggest government myths that Americans need to overcome before they can restore their freedom is that when politicians pass a law, then all is well in the world, the assumptions being that 1) the intended consequences of the law will actu...

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ICommunityFoundation

There has been much focus on the digital divide and the threat that underserved populations would be left even further behind as the digital revolution changes every aspect of our society. The human services nonprofit organization plays a large role ...

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State Governments: Immobile, Going Broke and High On Wine

Many state and local governments are heading towards financial insolvency as a result of their state employee pension and retiree medical liabilities. Consider an article from the October 18, 2010 issue of Businessweek magazine: - According to a stu...

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Oman & Its Business Opportunities

Oman: Formally known as the Sultanate of Oman, Oman has stood out to be one of the most secure and well established countries in the area. Known for its visionary governance, the country has maintained a realistic and commendable growth for more tha...

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